The church was filled on music Sunday! Nice to have several visitors with us! What a wonderful celebration of music! Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 07-10-2025 Our months with five Sundays are ones where we celebrate music Sunday. Ron and Marguerite Miller do a fantastic job putting this event together. Thanks to Kaylee Will for a beautiful piano solo, our adult choir for three patriotic numbers to celebrate the Fourth of July, and our kids choir where Charlotte Tones, Violette Tones, and Meridyn Whitford sang several numbers. They were joined with several other kids with the choir’s last song, When the Saints come Marching In, following Pastor Jeannine around the sanctuary as a marching band! Kerry McLaughlin also performed a special piano solo during the service. Ron Miller played a jivey number, The Wayfaring Stranger. Michele Covert read a poem by Blanche Fingar, our inspirational poet. It was a very patriotic poem, entitled, Born in America. Blanche recalled how proud she is to be an American, where we can live and be free, even though we may not always politically agree, we live in the best country there is! Thanks, Blanche for always being able to put your thoughts into words. We are so lucky to have such talent in our little church, and so glad when others can join us to participate and enjoy. Congratulations to Chris and Stacy Wyant, who will be receiving Keuka College’s Donald and Corinne Stork award for 2025 for exemplary community service. They will be receiving this on August 12 during a luncheon at the college.

Joyce Wiedrich presented the Lee Wiedrich memorial scholarships this year to our Madelyn Mosch and Emmaleigh Stempien. Congratulations ladies! Article by Joyce L. Wiedrich 07-03-2025 Happy summer! Today ended up being recognition Sunday at Bluff Point United Methodist Church. Marguerite Miller thanked all of the volunteers that have helped this year with Sunday school and nursery. She also was recognized for coordinating all of the efforts with our children. Their children received Seneca Farms gift cards for participating this year. A good day for ice cream! Dick Smith gave us an overview of Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity was started nationally in 1976. It is the 10th largest housing organization in the country and was begun in Americus Georgia. Many people think Jimmy Carter started it. He participated in it through his 90s but was not the founder. The Penn Yan Habitat for Humanity was started in 1989. 25 homes have been completed in Yates County, to date. People wanting these homes have to fulfill many criteria to be selected for a home. They also have to put in hundreds of hours of sweat equity, as well as meet a need. The mortgage ends up being interest free. Many organizations donate items, including Whirlpool, which donates a refrigerator and range to each habitat home. There are many other areas of corporate support. Next week we will be passing the bucket for Habitat for Humanity at church. What a worthwhile organization! Joyce Wiedrich gave scholarships to two college students this year from a fund set up in her brother Lee Wiedrich’s memory. This year the scholarships were given to Madelyn Mosch and Emmaleigh Stempien. Both ladies gave a short synopsis of their college-based goals. Congratulations ladies on a job well done this year. The sermon this week and scripture were from Luke 8: 26-39. Pastor Jeannine told us how Jesus met a demon, Legion. Legion wanted nothing to do with God- Legion was dangerous and wild, and possessed by many demons. God had been very fearful to him. The passage shows that Legion was healed and began hanging out with Jesus. Some of us may be like Legion. We all need God, but sometimes we hide and think we can do things on our own without his help. Pastor Jeannine used an analogy of a lost hubcap. Someone put a sign on a hubcap on the road, please find me. Jesus needs to come looking for us and he is waiting. Many of us have signed up for a ride on the Erie Canal on July 16. We will be going through at least one lock. This year is the 200th anniversary of the Erie canal, which was fundamental in the establishment and prosperity of many towns along its path. Thanks, Ron Miller, for setting this up for us. Happy summer. Be careful of the kids out and about if school is out for summer vacation. Church is not out for the summer though- please come and visit us at 9 AM for our services. All are welcome.